Expression over collection is a philosophy: if you want to make ideas truly your own, you must express them in your own words, not just store them somewhere. Use tools that inspire you to think and create.
表达胜过收藏，是一种理念：如果你想真正把想法变成自己的，就必须用自己的语言表达它们，而不是只把它们存放在某个地方。使用那些能激发你思考和创造的工具。
Expression over collection is an appeal to all knowledge seekers: accept that collection alone does not lead to growth, and find the courage to turn others’ knowledge into your own insight.
表达胜过收藏 是对所有知识探索者的一种提醒：承认单纯的收藏并不会带来成长，并找到勇气，把他人的知识转化为自己的洞见。
In the long run, the ideas you express are far more important than the knowledge you collect. Your knowledge base is temporary, but the insights you create have a chance to shape you.
从长远来看，你表达出来的想法，远比你收藏起来的知识更重要。你的知识库是暂时的，但你创造出来的洞见，才有机会真正塑造你。
Ancient chefs, faced with piles of ingredients, knew that the meaning of food was not in its storage, but in the cooking. The value of a dish depended on how the chef used the ingredients, not how many they owned.
古代的厨师面对成堆的食材时，知道食物的意义不在于储存，而在于烹饪。一道菜的价值取决于厨师如何使用食材，而不是他拥有多少食材。
The world is filled with the wisdom of those who came before us, passed down through books, articles, and videos. These mediums are like raw ingredients. You can touch, save, and hoard them. But reading a book is like looking at a recipe—only when you cook it yourself do you truly taste the flavors.
这个世界充满了前人留下的智慧，它们通过书籍、文章和视频传递给我们。这些媒介就像原材料。你可以触摸它们、保存它们、囤积它们。但读一本书就像看一份菜谱，只有当你亲自下厨时，才真正尝得到其中的味道。
Today, we collect digital information at an unprecedented speed, but this information rarely becomes a true part of us. It’s hoarded on our hard drives and in our note-taking apps, trapped behind highlighted passages and “read later” lists. We’ve fallen into a “digital hoarding” delusion, mistaking collection for comprehension.
今天，我们以前所未有的速度收集数字信息，但这些信息很少真正成为我们的一部分。 它们被囤积在硬盘里和笔记软件中，被困在高亮段落和“稍后阅读”列表背后。我们陷入了一种“数字囤积”的幻觉，把收藏误认为理解。
As I recently realized:
正如我最近意识到的：
Only when you try to explain a concept in your own words can you truly test if you understand it. Ideas that seem clear in your mind often reveal their blurriness and uncertainty the moment you try to write them down.
只有当你试着用自己的语言解释一个概念时，你才能真正检验自己是否理解了它。那些在脑海里看似清晰的想法，往往会在你试图写下来的那一刻，暴露出其中的模糊和不确定。
You should want to create your own ideas, not just for the world, but for your future self. You never know how grateful your future self, ten years from now, will be for the immature but honest thoughts you bravely wrote down today. Don’t lock your mind in a warehouse where things only go in, but never come out.
你应该渴望创造属于自己的想法，不只是为了这个世界，也是为了未来的自己。你永远不知道，十年后的自己会多么感谢今天的你，勇敢写下了这些也许稚嫩但诚实的想法。不要把你的头脑锁进一个只进不出的仓库里。
These days, I use an app called Obsidian to organize my thoughts, but it’s a delusion to think the app is the point. The tool will eventually become obsolete. It’s the imperfect but real sentences I write in my own words that are designed to last and shape me. Who knows if anyone will want to read them besides me, but future me is an audience worthy of the effort.
这些天，我用一个叫 Obsidian 的应用来整理我的想法，但如果以为这个应用本身才是重点，那就是一种幻觉。工具终究会过时。真正被设计用来留下并塑造我的，是那些我用自己的语言写下的、不完美但真实的句子。谁知道除了我之外还会不会有人想读它们，但 未来的我 就已经是一个值得认真对待的读者。
They might be simple, they might be naive, but they are mine.
它们也许简单，也许天真，但它们是我的。